OBITUARIES

Oct 9, 2021

 

On October 09, 2021, Adah E. Ambler passed away peacefully in her sleep. She was 95 years old. A lifelong Nebraskan native, Adah was well-loved and was a pillar of strength for her family. Adah was the mother of four children, grandmother to eight children, great grandmother to sixteen children and great great grandmother to three children. All were...

Oct 8, 2021

Della Sargent Hendricks of Cozad passed away Friday, October 8, 2021 at Emerald Care Nursing at the age of 90. Della was born October 11, 1930 in Lenora, Kansas to Laurence and Velma (Wells) Sargent. The family moved to Cozad when she was in the fourth grade. Della graduated from Cozad High School with the class of 1948. Following graduation,...

Oct 6, 2021

“On this day October 14, 2021, Charles Randall “Randy” Adle is reunited with his parents once again. Charles took the good Lord’s hand into Heaven on October 6, 2021, surrounded by his wife, Linda Adle of 51 years of marriage, and family. Born on April 8, 1949, in Lexington, Nebraska, Charles was a proud Air Force Veteran serving in the...

Oct 4, 2021

Angelina Crispin Delgado  of Lawton, Oklahoma passed away October 4, 2021 at Cherokee County Memorial Hospital at the age of 52.

Angelina Crispin Delgado fallecio en Octubre 4, 2021 a la edad de 52 anos. Angelina nacio en Enero 1, 1969 en Ciudad Juarez Chihuaha, Mexico. Se fue dejando a su esposo Raul Crispin, dos hijos Angelica Crispin y Eduardo...

Oct 1, 2021

Sep 26, 2021

Laura Sanders finished 82 years of a life well lived, surrounded by family, at her home in Cozad on Sept. 26, 2021.

Laura was born June 30, 1939 in Colorado Springs, CO, to Arthur Lloyd and Edith Elizabeth Binks Vandenburg. In her early years, Laura lived in Colorado and the Bay Area of California.

She graduated from Mission High School...

Sep 25, 2021

Memorials are suggested to the family in his name for later designation. Services will be held Thursday, September 30, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at the Berryman Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Sandy Aakre officiating. Burial will follow at Cozad Cemetery. Visitation with family present will be Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Berryman Funeral Home.

Ervin D. Smock...

Sep 15, 2021

Donald Lee Pickering passed away Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at his home in Cozad at the age of 64. His wishes were to be cremated. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

Donald L. Pickering passed away suddenly, at his home in Cozad, at the age of 64. Donald was born December 26, 1956 to Wayne...

Sep 5, 2021

Barbara Ann Jones, 68, of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on September 5th, 2021, in Cozad, Nebraska. Barbara is survived by her mother Julia Jones (Bruno); her two brothers Thomas Jones Jr. and Terry Jones; her only child, Jaime Bowen (Christian) and Jaime’s husband Bradley; her four grandchildren Ashley, Hailey, Brianna, and Lucas; her two great-grandchildren...

Sep 3, 2021

Jane R. (Jeffrey) Berreckman, age 85 of Cozad, passed away Friday September 3, 2021 in Cozad.

Jane was born on December 20, 1935 in Lexington, Nebraska to Norman and Elva Marie (Spies) Jeffrey. She graduated from Lexington High School in 1953. After high school, she attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln where she graduated with a Bachelor of...

Sep 3, 2021

Evelyn Leona Bartlett (nee Allen), age 94, died on Friday, September 3, 2021 at Meadowlark Pointe in Cozad, Nebraska. She was born on a farm near Berwyn, Nebraska on August 27, 1927 to Walter and Lola (Ellis) Allen. She was the youngest of 4 children. She graduated from Broken Bow High School in 1945. She married Clark Fox in 1946...

Sep 3, 2021

Helen Ilene Fattig, formerly of Cozad, passed away Friday, September 3, 2021 at Rockport, Texas at the age of 85. Ilene was born to Merle and Helen (Kelley) Stackhouse on March 10, 1936 in Maxwell, Ne. Ilene began school in Maxwell NE, but when her father got a job as a farm hand in Cozad, the family moved. Ilene married...

Sep 2, 2021

William Robert Alexander (Billy), age 26 of Cozad, Nebraska, passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2021, at his home in Cozad. William was born in Saginaw, Michigan to Regina L. Alexander. He grew up in Cozad, Nebraska, but always held true to his Michigan roots. You could ask him where home was and he would proudly tell you Michigan. He...

Aug 23, 2021

Trudy was cremated and her ashes will be interred at Fairview Cemetery in Cozad on Saturday, October 2, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. with Reverend Jill Boyd officiating.

Trudy Carolyn Guettler was born December 30, 1952 in Long Beach, California to Dewain and Lois (Johnson) Warner. They had three children, Sharon, Trudy, and Wayne. They divorced and Lois and the children...

Aug 19, 2021

Jordan L. Hickenbottom, formerly of Cozad, passed away Thursday, August 19, 2021 at Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 29. Jordan was born November 6, 1991, in Lexington, Nebraska, to Mike and Stacy (Reier) Hickenbottom. He graduated from Cozad High School with the class of 2010 before attending Southeast Community College in Lincoln. Jordan lived in Lincoln, NE and later...

Aug 18, 2021

Neal A. Gibbins of Cozad, Nebraska passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at Cozad Community Hospital at the age of 81. Neal was born on June 12, 1940 to Orville and Pearl (Christensen) Gibbins in Dalton, Nebraska. He was raised on the family dairy farm north of Bridgeport, Nebraska and graduated from Bridgeport High School. Neal enjoyed a successful career...

Aug 14, 2021

Mary Jo Thielen Nelsen passed away Saturday, August 14, 2021 at her home in Cozad at the age of 84. Mary Jo was born March 20, 1937 in Exira, Iowa to Bernard and Bernice (Kerwin) Thielen. Mary Jo attended country school in rural Exira and transferred to Exira High School where she graduated with the class of 1955. Mary Jo...

Aug 14, 2021

Karen Kay Stear of Cozad passed away Saturday, August 14, 2021 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney at the age of 72.

Karen Kay Stear was born July 17, 1949 in Lexington, Nebraska to Carol and Norma (Block) Chittenden and an older brother, Gary. She was a proud Cozad resident her whole life, graduating from Cozad High School in 1967....

Aug 7, 2021

Mary Dee Shirley Peyton passed away on Saturday, August 7, 2021, at the Gothenburg Health Hospital in Gothenburg, NE. at the age of 94. She broke her hip and developed pneumonia after the hip operation. She was born on December 13, 1926, in Venus, Johnson County, Texas. Mary Dee was the third of five children born to LeRoy Shirley and...

Jul 27, 2021

Theodore A. 'Ted' Thomas of Cozad passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at Nebraska Heart Hospital in Lincoln at the age of 87. Ted was born July 20, 1934 at Cozad, Nebraska to Glen and Ethyl (Dutton) Thomas. He graduated from Cozad High School with the class of 1952. Following graduation, Ted worked for the FBI in Washington D.C. for...